document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=684100>Question 684100</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a chemist has one solution that is 25% acid and a second one that is 50% acid. how many liters of each should be mixed to get 10 liters of a solution that is 40% acid? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " how many liters of each should be mixed to get 10 liters of a solution that is 40% acid?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x = amt of 50% acid<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the resulting amt is to be 10 liters, therefore<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(10-x) = amt of 25% acid<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A typical mixture equation<BR>\n" );
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document.write( ".50x + .25(10-x) = .40(10)<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".50x + 2.5 - .25x = 4<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".50x - .25x = 4 - 2.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".25x = 1.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 1.5/.25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 6 liters of 50% solution<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10 - 6 = 4 liters of 25% solution </SPAN>\n" );
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